Recently got into some Dramione fics. I’ve decided I really like this ship, against my better judgement.*
I started out with “the silver envelope” and just adored it. It felt so genuinely them (apart from Ron being wildly out of character imo but plot gotta plot).
Then “Wait and Hope” absolutely ensnared me. I love an amnesia plot dealing with falling in love with your spouse all over again. So good.
I remembered “Isolation” as a fic from years ago that my sister really loved, and found it from a plot point I remembered her obsessing over. Totally agree with her, it’s such a good “what if” story.
And now I’ve finished “Manacled”. I really didn’t think I’d love it as much as I did because non-con is not something I go for, and handmaiden’s tale plots freaks me out for real. But! It’s an amnesia plot with ma-ha-ha-jor stakes, and came highly recommended by the community, so I gave it a whirl.
I really really loved it. I would not recommend it to those who struggle with memories of experiencing SA, wartime PTSD, nyctophobia, agoropbobia, claustrophobia, or a fear of body horror because it gets graphic. It’s a dense, heavy read that you gotta put mental space aside for. But if you can manage it, I highly highly recommend it.
Ive got a few stories I want to read lined up, but if anyone has recommendations for me to peruse, I’d love some ideas!
*For reference, I don’t ship movie Dramione, I only like it as an AU in fan fiction. I know Tom and Emma had an unspoken something over the years, but I can’t picture Tom’s Malfoy and Emma’s Hermione as a couple. They just can’t stand each other, and it feels really out of place to me when I contextualize it with the films.
I've ended up falling down a Dramione rabbit hole. I read some really amazing ones (Wait and Hope and Draco Malfoy and The Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love are probably my favorites, although Measure of a Man was also PHENOMENAL).
However, I've just finished Manacled. It was so well written and absolutely brilliant, but holy shit on a stick if it didn't break my heart.
The alternate ending to the Battle of Hogwarts was worse than even my panicked teenaged brain could have come up with back when Deathly Hallows actually came out. I wept for characters I've always loved in ways I didn't think I could.
I finished the flashback scenes last night and thought about them all morning, until I forced myself to get back into it and read the rest of the story. Which was still devastating. But honestly.
I am currently drowning my sorrows in Meg Cabot's cheerful writing and then I'll have to reread something funny and familiar. All the people telling me they've reread Manacled, like, HOW?! I need a few years away from it before I could think of rereading.
Petition to make 2023 the year all fic writers put permission statements in their AO3 profiles?
Please note this is not me asking all writers to grant blanket permission for other creators to make any and all kinds of transformative works of their fics.
What I am asking is for a simple statement that will help fellow fanwork creators know your boundaries, because honestly, asking is scary! A permission statement can look like…
“I am not open to any transformative works of my fic at this time.” Great! Clear, concise, saves us the time and effort of asking, and the angst of awaiting a reply.
Or
“I am open to any transformative works, including art, podfics, translations, and written works inspired by my fics.” Yay!! This is great news. May the fandom gods bless you with many “related works” notification emails in your inbox.
Or
“I am generally okay with podfics, translations, etc, but please send me a quick message first” Totally! We get it. Maybe you’d rather some of your works stay untouched. Maybe you’d prefer that they’re archive-locked. Maybe you just want to know who you’re dealing with, or you don’t like surprises. Valid! At least we know you’re up for a convo, and will likely respond.
Or
“I am okay with_______ but not _______ of my works.” Yes! Again, clarity! It’s a beautiful thing.
If anyone has anything to add to this appeal, please feel free.
Please, don't use the tag Read by the Author to say that you proofread your work!
Read by the Author is a subtag of Podfic. It's meant to be used for tagging audio works read by the author of the text.
If you wrote something, and then recorded yourself reading it out loud and posted that to AO3, you can tag it Read by the Author. That's what that tag is for. Please don't use it on written works to say "oh yeah, I read it before I posted it". It will make your work show up in the Podfic tag and confuse/annoy people looking specifically for audio works.
LGBT activists have been vocal about intersex issues for several decades, because establishing the legal right to bodily autonomy for intersex persons is basically inseparable from establishing the right of trans persons to that same legal autonomy over their own bodies. many intersex persons prefer not to be grouped together with LGBT causes; however, the vast majority of LGBT activists would agree that performing "corrective" surgery on intersex infants - to force them to adhere to a largely fictional gender binary - is pretty fucking evil.
calling my lover "mine" but not in the way that my toothbrush or notebook are mine, mine in the way my neighborhood is mine, and also everybody else's, "mine" like mine to tend to, mine to care for, mine to love. "mine" not like possession but devotion.
No LISTEN. If you weren’t there when Yuri on Ice was airing you don’t get it!! We were just having fun!! Just a pretty little sports anime, good music and lovable characters, we all know we’re being queerbaited but hey, it’s nothing new. We’re used to it. My expectations are extremely tempered. Any minute now a female love interest will appear for Yuuri or Victor or both, and the whole thing will probably end with like, an emotional declaration of friendship between them. Just two guys being dudes, very good friends. It’s fine. I know how this works. I’m just having fun in the meantime.